Yankees Keep Adding Players, But None Stand Out In Name Alone

The Yankees are doing what they always do in the offseason, meaning nothing has changed.  Are we a better team today than we were last year? I mean, we have Soto, we have Verdugo, but what else do we have?  What’s going on with the pitching situation? Are we really going to sit here as a fan base and think that we’ve improved?

Wait. Hold on… we just signed Kevin Smith.  Let’s go!

Now a lot of you are wondering who Kevin Smith is.  I thought the same thing until I did some reading about him.  I’m happy about the acquisition, but this guy’s no doubt a work in progress, a wild card. And again… we still need pitching. 

Inside the Athletics writes:

“In his two seasons with the A’s, he hit a combined .182 with a .218 OBP and seven home runs in 96 games. Smith hasn’t received consistent big-league playing time and has split time between shortstop, his natural position, and third base…

So far in the Majors, he has struggled to hit fastballs, and pitchers have been throwing him around 55% heaters the past two seasons. He hit just .136 against them last season with a .164 expected batting average. “